Bolster-stake.



lNo. fi l-7,642. Patented Apr. I7, 1900. W. H. BARTEN.

BOLSTER STAKE.

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Unrrnn Srarns WILLIAM H. IBARTEN, or ALLEN, souri nnkorn.

BOLSTER- -STAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 647,642, dated April1'7, 1900. Application filed August 31, 1899. Serial No. 729.084. (llomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM H. BARTEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Allen, in the county of Washabaugh and State of SouthDakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bolster-Stakes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bolster-stakes which areespecially adapted for use in connection with wagons, but which are alsoadapted to be used in other connections, as will be fully describedhereinafter, and particularly referred to in the claims.

The primary object of my invention is to produce a simple andconsequently cheap bolster-stake which is so constructed that it isadapted to be applied to bolsters of varying sizes and when applied iscapable of being quickly and readily tightened when it becomes loosefrom the shrinkage of the wagon-bolster or from other causes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a perspective view of abolster-stake which embodies my invention,the same being shown appliedto a bolster, the latter being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is asideelevation of the same, showing it applied to a bolster. Fig. 3 is a planview of a blank of which mybolster may be formed when composed of asingle piece stamped or otherwise formed. Fig. t is a view of my stake,showing a modification therein in which the standard portion thereof isformed into a tubular shape. Fig. 5 is a detached view of asupplementary or auxiliary stake of tubular form.

Referring now to the drawings, Ct indicates the standards of which mystake is composed and which, as shown in Fig. 1, are formed of twoseparate pieces. The lower ends of these standards diverge, as shown atg, to receive between them the bolster, as indicated by dotted lines a,Fig. 1. These standards have their lower ends provided with inwardly andhorizontally extending ears or projections e, which extend alongopposite sides of the bolster, and also with the outwardly-projectinghorizontal ears dwhich have their extremities turned laterally inopposite directions, as illustrated, to constitute projections or hooksto hold in place load-bindin g chains or cords 7*. (Shown in Fig. 2.)

I attach my stake to the bolster by means of bolts which pass throughthe openings on 011., made in the lower ends of the standards and in theinner ends of the ears 6, which places the corresponding openings in thebolsters at a point considerably inside of their ends for a purpose tobe explained hereinafter. For the purpose of enabling me to accomplishan adjustment between the bolster and the stake said openings m areelongated vertically, (preferab1y,) as shown in Fig. 1, which willpermit a vertical adjustment thereof to adapt the stake to bolsters ofdifferent sizes, or this same result may be accomplished by making thesaid openings mround, but considerably larger than the bolts which passthrough them.

\Vhen the stake is composed of two separate parts, as shown in Fig. 1,they will be riveted, screwed, or bolted together, as may be desired. InFig. 3, however, I show the stakes madeof a single piece and bent intothe form shown in Fig. 1. The rings 1), Fig. 1, may be formed separatelyfrom the stakes, as shown in'said figure, and attached thereto in anydesired manner, or they may be formed integral therewith, as illustratedin Fig. 3. When the rings, standards, and the laterallyextending lowerends or ears thereof are formed from a single piece, as shown in Fig. 3,it may be stamped or otherwise formed, and then the resulting blank willafterward. be bent into the shape shown in Fig. 1, as will be readilyunderstood.

Referring now to Fig. 4, which is a modified form of my stake, but whichhas its stem portion A made into a tubular form, the lower end of thetube is separated to form the diverging legs 9, which are provided withlaterally extending ears similar to those shown in Fig. 1 and which areapplied and attached to the bolster in the same manner.

In Fig. 6 I show a separate view of a supplemental stake S, adapted tobe placed in the rings 1) when hauling high loads.

The stake, Fig. 4, may be cut out slightly, as indicated by dotted linesp, to lighten it and at the same time leave a broad face a, and thesupplemental stake S may be somewhat cut away, as indicated at w 00, forthe purpose of bringing the supplemental stake as near as possible in aline with the face a of the tubular stake A and both in a straight lineor plane against the side of the wagonboX or load.

The stake may be constructed without either or both of thelaterally-extending ears 2' and e and yet leave a stake which is capableof the adjustments hereinbefore explained and therefore still have agood stake. I do not therefore desire to limit myself to the use of thesaid projecting ears.

By means of a stake constructed as above described, I am enabled to doaway with the usual tenon and mortise in the ends of the bolster, whichalways greatly weaken it. I place the bolt-holes a considerable distanceinside of the ends of the bolster to avoid the tendency to split saidbolster or to weaken it and render it easily split under strain and use.

My stake can be readily and quickly attached to or removed from anordinary bolster without the aid of mechanical skill, it requiring onlythe boring of the holes therein, which can be performed by anyfarm-hand. My stake can also be made to fit for narrow or broad gageboxes or loads by providing additional sets of bolt-openings in thebolster to permit the inward adjustment thereof for narrow boxes, theouter openings being for use for the ordinary or broad-gage boxes.

Owing to the construction and adjustability of the lower ends of mystakes they can be attached to wagons having bolsters which are ofvarious sizes by either separating'or bring ing together the lower endsof the legs g, and they can at any time be readily tightened should theybecome loose on account of shrinkage, corroding of the bolster bycontact with the iron stake, or for other reason.

It will be readily understood that any part of my stake can be made aslight as desired and as light as the work it is to perform will permitby forming recesses therein or by openwork, both of which methods arewell known.

While I have described and shown my invention as especially adapted foruse as a bolster-stake, it is adapted for use as tablelegs, stove-legs,&c.

In some instances it may be desirable to provide the stake with a brace2 at its outer side,which will depend downward and extend through thebolster n, the lower end of the brace being screw-threaded, asillustrated, to

receive a nut 3 above the bolster and a nut at below it. By means ofthis brace the stake is materially braced and by means of which thevertical adjustment of the stake can be accuratelyset through the mediumof the said nuts, as will be readily understood.

2. A bolster-stake comprising a standard I having at its lower end aload-holding ropesecuring member or members, substantially as described.

3. A bolster-stake comprising a standard having at its lower endopposite andlaterallyextending hooks for holding a load-securing chainor rope, substantially as described.

4. A blank for a bolster-stake comprising integral parallel stemportions united by parallel transversely-extending webs, the blankadapted to be bent to form a stem with integral rings, substantially asdescribed.

5. A bolster-stake comprising a stem portion having at its lower enddiverging arms provided at their lower ends with T-shaped portions, theoutwardly-extending arms of the T-shaped portions having oppositely andlaterally extending projections to form rope or chain holding members,substantially as described.

6. A bolster-stake comprising a standard having diverging independently4 movable lower ends engaging opposite sides of the bolster, and anoutwardly and downwardly extending brace with its downwardly-extendingportion in a line between the separated diverging ends of the stake andpassing through and adj ustably held to the bolster, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM H. BARTEN.

WVitnesses:

JOHN J. BoEsL, CLARENCE I. Suns.

